Passport Mexico - Friedman (08-09)

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BC: Created by Ms. Friedman's Class and Mrs. Polis

FC: Passport to Stories Around the World Mexico by Ms. Friedman's Class

1: Songs from Mexico We enjoyed these songs in Music Class "De Colores" "The Spanish Counting Song" "Bate Bate Chocolate"

3: Books we used to learn about Mexico

4: A-Z Mexico by Justine and Ron Fontes Explores the history, geography, economy, people, culture, and other aspects of Mexico featureing a topic for each letter of the alphabet.

5: My First Atlas by Katie John Sharp

6: World Book Student Discovery Encyclopedia

7: Mexico is well known for its beautiful beaches.

8: * In Mexico they make hot chocolate out of cocoa beans.

9: * The Aztecs liked chocolate so much that they used the cocoa beans as money.

10: Land Most of the country is covered by mountains.

11: * Many Mexican holidays come from Catholic people.

12: * They vote for a new president every six years.

13: *Currently there is a flu going around known as the swine flu.

14: *Soccer is very important in Mexico therefore boys learn how to play when they are very young.

15: * Mexicans have two last names. * The children begin school at age six.

16: We used the Proquest database Culture Grams- Kids Edition.

17: We also used the Time for Kids website.

19: Cuckoo by Lois Ehlert A traditional Mayan tale which reveals how the cuckoo lost her beautiful feathers.

20: Here are the pictures we drew to help tell the story.

21: Alex | Maria

22: Christopher | Sabrina

23: Lucy | Serena

24: Melissa | Sam

25: Colin | Matthew M.

26: Steven | Lexi

27: Holland | Johnny

28: Mia | Lindsay

29: Matthew A.